The Red Sox take the rubber game in Minnesota by a 6-2 score. Manny Ramirez got the day off, but Kevin Youkilis filled in admirably in the cleanup spot with a 3 for 5 day with a homer and 3 RBI. It was #3 hitter David Ortiz who delivered the death blow to the Twins, a 3-run blast in the 8th.


Strat-O-Matic Report






BOXSCORE: 2007 Boston Red Sox At 2007 Minnesota Twins 5/6/2007

Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Twins AB R H RBI AVG
C.Crisp CF 5 1 1 0 .278 L.Castillo 2B 4 0 0 0 .211
A.Cora SS 3 2 1 0 .167 J.Tyner RF 4 1 1 0 .276
D.Ortiz DH 3 2 2 3 .291 T.Hunter CF 4 1 1 0 .320
K.Youkilis 1B 5 1 3 3 .287 J.Morneau 1B 3 0 1 0 .250
J.Drew RF 3 0 0 0 .220 J.Cirillo DH 4 0 1 2 .200
C-W.Pena PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .162 J.Kubel LF 3 0 0 0 .225
M.Lowell 3B 4 0 1 0 .269 M.Redmond C 4 0 2 0 .435
J.Varitek C 5 0 0 0 .245 L.Rodriguez 3B 2 0 1 0 .250
E.Hinske LF,RF 4 0 1 0 .120 A-M.Cuddyer PH 1 0 1 0 .204
D.Pedroia 2B 3 0 1 0 .402 B-N.Punto 3B 1 0 0 0 .223
J.Bartlett SS 4 0 0 0 .165
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 6 10 6 Totals 34 2 8 2

A-Pinch Hit For Rodriguez In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Cuddyer In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Drew In 9th Inning

Red Sox......... 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 - 6 10 0
Twins........... 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 8 0

Red Sox (23-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Schilling WIN(3-2) 6 6 2 2 1 4 0 84 2.89
J.Pineiro HOLD(3rd) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 26 0.64
D.Hansack 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 24 0.00
Totals 9 8 2 2 2 5 0

Twins (15-16) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
S.Ponson LOSS(1-4) 6 7 3 3 4 5 1 110 5.87
J.Nathan 1 2/3 3 3 3 1 1 1 32 4.80
G.Perkins 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00
Totals 9 10 6 6 5 6 2

ATTENDANCE- 37,753 DATE- Sunday, May 6th 2007 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Cb Bucknor, Mike Dimuro, Joe West, Ed Rapuano
T- 3:02
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox:10 Twins: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 1 Twins: 0
DOUBLES- C.Crisp(6th), D.Ortiz(3rd), K.Youkilis(8th), M.Lowell(5th),
E.Hinske(3rd), D.Pedroia(8th), L.Rodriguez(1st)
HOME RUNS- D.Ortiz(7th), K.Youkilis(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- J.Bartlett(4th)
WALKS- A.Cora, D.Ortiz, J.Drew, M.Lowell, D.Pedroia, J.Morneau, J.Kubel
HIT BY PITCH- A.Cora, D.Ortiz
STRIKE OUTS- D.Ortiz, J.Drew, J.Varitek-2, E.Hinske, D.Pedroia, J.Tyner,
T.Hunter-2, J.Kubel, M.Redmond
GIDP- J.Bartlett
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Mike Redmond blocked the plate, saving a run!

At Metrodome the Boston Red Sox easily handled the Minnesota Twins by the
score of 6 to 2.

Minnesota never recovered after Boston took the lead in the top of the 7th
inning scoring one runner using 2 hits. Boston had 10 hits for the night.

Curt Schilling(3-2) went 6 innings allowing 2 runs for the win. Sidney
Ponson(1-4) absorbed the loss. He pitched 6 innings and surrendered 7 hits
and 4 walks.








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